Standard 8: Students will examine the workplace tasks and concepts in Information Technology.
Objective 1: Explore the relationship and impact of information technology in the business arena
Indicators:
  1. Define appropriate business information technology terminology including appropriate use policies, networks, database, digital media, server, modem, wireless, protocol, bandwidth, blog, podcast, wiki, mp3, animation, etc.


    UEN IT Vocabulary Lesson
  2. Demonstrate the use of a digital camera and/or other digital recording device.
    Use a digital camera, digital recorder, a mic on the computer, a cell, etc. to record a photo, sound, or video that can be later used in the "About Me Presentation"
  3. Explore online databases (Switchboard.com, maps.google.com, Pioneer Online Library, Surweb.org, Real Estate, Google Earth, online store, eBay, etc.) After using an online database discuss how all use a database of similar stored items in the database. Switchboard uses a database of stored names, addresses and phone numbers. Google maps uses data to construct maps of everywhere in the USA. Pioneer Online Library is a database of magazine articles. Surweb is a database of photos about Utah. Real estate databases list houses, features, prices, etc. Online stores are a database of items for sale. They list item, description, photo, price, etc. What other database can be found online?
  4. Understand the elements, planning and development of a multimedia presentation (sound, text, graphics, video, animations and interactivity).
    UEN "All About Me" Presentation Lesson
    "All About Me" handout PDF Word Document>
    "All About Me" Sample PowerPoint
    Plain Version
    Multimedia Version
  5. Explore related career Pathways.

Objective 2: Explore the relationship and impact of information technology on the family and consumer.
Indicators:
  1. Explore information technology in home, school and work.
    Discussion "How technology has changed things we do."
    UEN IT Smart Homes Lesson
    UEN Smart Homes Presentation
    UEN Smart Homes Handout
    UEN Nanotechnology LessonNano Tech Video
    Noah's Smart Recreational and Conventation Center in Pleasant Grove. Noah's Website
  2. Explore related career Pathways.

Objective 3: Explore the relationship and impact of information technology in today’s technology world.
Indicators:
  1. Understand and identify programming languages and their use in writing software.
    UEN IT Programming Languages Lesson
    Edit "HTML Document" to see source code Handout
  2. Explore how software is designed, developed and written as a computer program.
    Programming Languages Handout
  3. Explore how cars, airplanes, spacecraft, robots, heating & air conditioning, cell phones, iPods, etc. are controlled by software.
  4. Identify parts of a computer, typical peripheral devices and interactions of different systems in a computer (CPU, memory, storage, input, output).
  5. Understand that all computers operate on a digital or binary number system.
    Count the Dots -- Binary Counting Lesson

    Print the binary dots on a sheet each or when printing choose Properties, Finishing, and select 2 pages per sheet so they will print on a half sheet. Using the ideas from the Count the Dots lesson binary numbers can be demonstrated. All letters, symbols, and digits on the computer are all represented by a sequence of 1's & 0's. ASCII Table. Digital music, digital photos, digital videos, all computer files are just a series of stored 0's & 1's! Can you use the ASCII code to represent your name?
  6. Explain the issues of ethics, privacy, security and copyright law and how they apply to the use of information technology.
    UEN IT Ethics Lesson
  7. Explore related career Pathways.